KARACHI: The Customs Court accepted interim charge sheet against suspect namely Khuda Buksh son of Dur Muhammad resident of Khuzdar, Baluchistan, who was booked in a case of attempting to smuggle non-duty paid 10,000 liters High Speed Diesel (HSD).
On December 24, 2018, investigation officer of Customs Preventive submitted interim charge sheet and informed the court that on a actionable information, a team of Customs Preventive intercepted a Hino water tanker bearing registration number TTC-653 (Quetta) which was moving in the vicinity of Hamdard University near Northern Bypass loaded with Iranian smuggled diesel in the water tank instead of water.
He submitted that it is indicative of the fact and reason to believe that the detained foreign-origin diesel is smuggled and was being transported in water tanks.
Case was registered for violation of under Section 2 (s) 156(2), 157(2) and 178 of Customs Act, 1969 punishable under Clause (8) (89) of Section 156 (1) ibid read with Section 3 (1) of Imports and Export Control Act, 1950.
